Parties as Brands: How Canadians See the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP
By Bruce Anderson, David Coletto In our latest nationwide survey, we wanted to see what thoughts and images were more associated with Canada’s three largest political brands. To do this, we offered people a series of 20 forced choices, far from an exhaustive list of possible variables, but enough to observe some powerful differences. This
US Government seen as no better than Chinese, Russian governments
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Remarkably, Canadians have a worse impression of the Government of the United States than they do of the Government of the People’s Republic of China. When asked if they have a positive or a negative view of several different governments, here’s what our survey results showed: 72% were positiveWhat Abacus Does: Assessing the Dynamics of Issues Environments
By: Ihor Korbabicz ‘What Abacus Does’ is a companion piece to some of the public facing opinion research we post. It looks at the research through a practical lens and gives a sneak peek into the type of work we do to unearth the strategic implications and “so what” of our data for clients, causes
Trump Attracts Most Canadians’ Attention; Jobs, Climate Change & Khadr Hot Button Issues
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Donald Trump is attracting huge interest on the part of Canadians, and not because people are impressed with the President. This month, the number of people who say he is America’s “worst president ever” stands at 49%, up 7 points in one month. Polling Canadians about the topics they
Liberal Support Holds with Improving Economic Mood
By Bruce Anderson and David Coletto Across the country, 43% say they would vote Liberal if a federal election were held today, 12 points ahead of the Conservatives (31%), and 27 points ahead of the NDP (16%). In Ontario, the Liberals hold a 6-point advantage over the Conservatives, in BC, their lead is 13.
Newspapers in Peril?…Canadians Unworried
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto For the last few years, there have been clear signals that Canada’s newspaper industry is struggling and some newspapers may end up in bankruptcy. In our most recent survey, we asked a few questions to get a sense of how people are feeling about this. Here’s what we found:
Trump and Canadians: it’s Not Going Well
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Following President Trump’s trip to the Middle East and Europe, we decided to ask Canadians how they were feeling about the new President, a little over 100 days into his term in office. Here’s what we found: Very few (10%) think Mr. Trump represented America well at the G7
Floods caused by climate change, say most Canadians
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Canada has been facing experience significant floods in recent years, with corresponding increases in the relief costs borne by governments, and rising financial pressures on insurers and the insured. In our latest poll, we asked whether people felt this type of weather related emergency is caused by climate change.
Canadians: Paris Accord a good idea, Trump wrong to exit
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto The vast majority of Canadians (84%) say President Donald Trump made the wrong call in exiting the Paris Climate Change Accord, and exactly the same number say Canada should remain committed to the deal. Unusually, these views cross partisan lines. Even a majority of Canadian Conservative voters, who have
